ever wanted a backstage pass to the
creative process of your favorite
artists sex drugs and rock’n’roll used
to be a fun thing to do with the eye
anymore
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
rock documentaries for this list we’ve
picked the most truthful roth
behind-the-scenes documentaries that
follow some of our favorite rock stars
number 10 the devil and Daniel Johnston
it’s like true in science fiction
innocent new Supernatural age Johnston
may have the smallest name on our list
in terms of recognition but his
documentary features one of the most
compelling stories hello I am the ghost
of Daniel Johnston viewers watch
Johnston battle with mental illness are
you Daniel Johnson I used to be Daniel
Johnston who are you now and his
obsession with the double-o
it’s interesting to see how his illness
interacts with his creative process as
he deals with the demons that haunt him
this introspective film won him the
documentary directing award at Sundance
upon release but the mountain dew came
to me and I drank it all up now I’m
happy as can be
O’Meara 10 do it was like kind of just a
shock to be like slapped in the face
with them number 9 I am trying to break
your heart a film about Wilco this this
calculated world of the International
multinational would have her
incorporation when two members of a band
clash everyone around them is affected
as far as my feelings about it I
couldn’t be happier this documentary is
as much about the conflict between Jeff
Tweedy and J Bennett yeah I don’t know I
don’t know what the problem is
I don’t as it is about the band’s
struggles against their record label and
Wilco struggle to make their fourth
studio album the ban had felt like
that’s the record we’re finished it
gives great insight into how much labels
value the bottom line versus the
creative content of the artist and the
stress that puts on the band members is
almost palpable to viewers well I just
think we’ve been jerked around so many
times and and this is the ultimate
journey around you know like this like
we’re gonna drop you shit
so we’re kind of excited and Michael’s
coming today there’s the mass Michael
Mann is head number 8 Michael Jackson’s
this is it
compiled a behind the scenes footage for
Michael Jackson’s final tour this film
was released after his untimely death
and fans flocked to see it this is
however the footage wasn’t originally
meant to be released and there was
controversy over whether the studios did
it to capitalize on his death
wielding sheer don’t hate it’s you this
so lovely so right regardless this is it
is the highest grossing rock documentary
of all time and proof that Jackson will
always be the King of Pop
if he died would have a story and if he
lives we’ll have a number seven fearless
freaks there could be 15 people just
hanging around the house listening to
records smoking pot living what to me is
like a utopia this dog traces the
origins of the flaming lips from their
humble roots as a punk band in Oklahoma
City we thought of ourselves as being
some sort of no-talent derivative of
some kind of hillbillies gone punk
version of the WHO to their status as
indie music gods it stands out thanks to
its candid interviews with Wayne Coyne
Stephen drawers and their families when
you suffer in other areas you try to
make up for it with show so we’d have
smoke and lights mirror balls but if we
can fool everybody else you know maybe
we can sell some records nothing is off
the table as they talk about their drug
use and its effect on their lives and
music people think that Wayne is one of
the bigger acid heads if you see that oh
my god it’s The Flaming Lips album cover
this melting skull and he’s riding some
phallus and you know there’s there’s
things falling out of the sky the film
also features a memorable scene of
drawers preparing to shoot heroin there
you go I just did it I got a vein was in
my hand you know comes on about 20
seconds and uh comes over your whole
body and your whole body just feels
peachy game how important is commercial
success to you
this grunge still exists today okay
number six Pearl Jam 20
filmmaker Cameron Crowe uses his
personal connection to the band’s
members to get honest insight into what
it was like to be in the premiere grunge
band during their heyday in the 90s
they’ve been scared by the open stage oh
yeah a lot of times especially when our
singer starts climbing up on the ceiling
and like 50 feet above the stage and
like all the trust you know it’s like
hmm don’t do that the dock chronicles
the band’s birth after mother loved
bones break up to the present day what
made you decide not to continue with
Mother Love Bone and to form something
totally different they found me in a bra
and that was it
and I said we’ve got a habit and
investigates radical changes the music
industry has been through by using Pearl
Jam’s battle with Ticketmaster as an
example we should hand here is whether
Ticketmaster is a monopoly not whether
what have anything to do with our
business or what our relationship is
with our managers just get it on the
record
top five our right well grain number
five the Kids Are Alright director Keith
Stein called this dock a hair-raising
rollercoaster ride as viewers are given
a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes
lives of the who it’s you’ve got to go
on man otherwise all those kids they’ll
be finished have nothing to live for
that’s rock and roll the film’s content
shows the goofy sides of the band
members as they make guest appearances
on variety shows and interact with bands
however the best footage the film offers
are the final performances of Keith Moon
during a recording session and a show at
Shepperton studios
anton with my friend and my enemy the
greatest inspiration and ultimately the
greatest regret number four
dig get ready for a massive concussion
of rock and roll with The Dandy Warhols
a doc known for its controversial
portrayal of the feuding band members in
The Dandy Warhols and the Brian
Jonestown Massacre we don’t want to be a
dysfunctional family we’re responsible
much more responsible people
dick creates a compelling story of the
antics between the band’s frontman as
they fought relentlessly with one
another over the course of eight years I
decided to be GM house the day after
they threw a party would be the perfect
location for a Dandy Warhols photo shoot
and well I didn’t bother to warn the
guys whether it’s a completely true
story or not the film was a critical
success and it earned the filmmakers the
documentary Jury Prize at Sundance this
is one of my friends bands that us
between us the couple other bands we’re
actually gonna kick off a full-scale
revolution
you can play Russian roulette for five
years and never get hurt and then one
time you pull the trigger and it’s all
over number three the decline of Western
civilization part to the metal years why
do you drink Cris ah
Zeus we had heavy lots of sex lots of
booze and some rock and roll is the only
way to describe this documentary George
we do all go that doesn’t mean you
should do it even though the film has
never been released on DVD
it has garnered a cult following among
viewers interested in seeing debauchery
at its finest you actually do live like
this as often as I can
the film features some infamous scenes
of bands like Aerosmith kiss Megadeth
and wasp overindulging Jesus Christ when
we toured with kiss they were like like
monsters no lines of a checks outside
their rooms every night
quickly what’s the matter with me I’m
gonna pull this stragglers you no no
makers received flack for the faked
footage of Ozzy Osbourne and the
exposure of hypocrisy in glam metal
culture I mean you don’t believe you
know the last quarter of the bottle so
you tend to finish it up you know
number two the Beatles Anthology
at ten hours long the Beatles Anthology
recounts the entirety of the band’s
expansive history what is the anthology
it is the Beatles story the miniseries
first aired on TV and 95 and launched a
resurgence in the band’s popularity it
does a great job of conveying just how
huge Beatle mania was and continues to
be even decades after their debuts
coinciding with the film’s release was
their single free as a bird a coffee
table book and a compilation album the
Rigby was Paul on his own we’re just
drinking tea hello
Rigby picks up the right signatures
we’re wedding is big
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions never
one to play guitar ever everyone plays
guitar what’s the point
and we would just want to let people
know that there should be a ban on every
block should be a nightclub but on every
other block in a record label on every
other block after that we had our own
stream and it wasn’t the main one but it
was not too far away from the mainland I
always like to consider us the world’s
most popular cult band my name is Joe is
resilient this is the best one yet which
was okay computer is about me being out
of control if Mick stands in front of
the light for more than 18 seconds he’s
gonna burn baby burn
he’ll burn out book it – hi Phil Burnett
you’re like flames and if I catch on
fire catch a fight we can’t do that
the cabby burgnik we cannot burn the
jagger but your a/c effect we want the
effect but we can’t burn I was born very
far from what I’m supposed to be and so
on my way Hall number one no direction
home Bob Dylan
an artistic genius and legend Bob Dylan
has managed to become equal parts man
and myth I have been told about him
skies a genius and he writes these
incredible songs and sure enough his
everything that they said he was this
doc offers perhaps the best glimpse into
early Dylan as he tries to deal with the
onslaught of Fame and his unexpected
success to do and you seem very
reluctant to talk about the fact that
you’re a popular entertainer and you’re
a most popular entertainer it’ll be to
say we jump up and say hallelujah
crashed the cameras would be something
it catches Dylan after his claim that he
would retire from touring in the early
60s but I knew it or didn’t know what I
was looking at it’s good quit for a
while the period in which he began to
experiment with an electric sound that
alienated his early fans
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite rock music doc the more
eye-opening behind-the-scenes top 10s
published daily be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
creative process of your favorite
artists sex drugs and rock’n’roll used
to be a fun thing to do with the eye
anymore
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
rock documentaries for this list we’ve
picked the most truthful roth
behind-the-scenes documentaries that
follow some of our favorite rock stars
number 10 the devil and Daniel Johnston
it’s like true in science fiction
innocent new Supernatural age Johnston
may have the smallest name on our list
in terms of recognition but his
documentary features one of the most
compelling stories hello I am the ghost
of Daniel Johnston viewers watch
Johnston battle with mental illness are
you Daniel Johnson I used to be Daniel
Johnston who are you now and his
obsession with the double-o
it’s interesting to see how his illness
interacts with his creative process as
he deals with the demons that haunt him
this introspective film won him the
documentary directing award at Sundance
upon release but the mountain dew came
to me and I drank it all up now I’m
happy as can be
O’Meara 10 do it was like kind of just a
shock to be like slapped in the face
with them number 9 I am trying to break
your heart a film about Wilco this this
calculated world of the International
multinational would have her
incorporation when two members of a band
clash everyone around them is affected
as far as my feelings about it I
couldn’t be happier this documentary is
as much about the conflict between Jeff
Tweedy and J Bennett yeah I don’t know I
don’t know what the problem is
I don’t as it is about the band’s
struggles against their record label and
Wilco struggle to make their fourth
studio album the ban had felt like
that’s the record we’re finished it
gives great insight into how much labels
value the bottom line versus the
creative content of the artist and the
stress that puts on the band members is
almost palpable to viewers well I just
think we’ve been jerked around so many
times and and this is the ultimate
journey around you know like this like
we’re gonna drop you shit
so we’re kind of excited and Michael’s
coming today there’s the mass Michael
Mann is head number 8 Michael Jackson’s
this is it
compiled a behind the scenes footage for
Michael Jackson’s final tour this film
was released after his untimely death
and fans flocked to see it this is
however the footage wasn’t originally
meant to be released and there was
controversy over whether the studios did
it to capitalize on his death
wielding sheer don’t hate it’s you this
so lovely so right regardless this is it
is the highest grossing rock documentary
of all time and proof that Jackson will
always be the King of Pop
if he died would have a story and if he
lives we’ll have a number seven fearless
freaks there could be 15 people just
hanging around the house listening to
records smoking pot living what to me is
like a utopia this dog traces the
origins of the flaming lips from their
humble roots as a punk band in Oklahoma
City we thought of ourselves as being
some sort of no-talent derivative of
some kind of hillbillies gone punk
version of the WHO to their status as
indie music gods it stands out thanks to
its candid interviews with Wayne Coyne
Stephen drawers and their families when
you suffer in other areas you try to
make up for it with show so we’d have
smoke and lights mirror balls but if we
can fool everybody else you know maybe
we can sell some records nothing is off
the table as they talk about their drug
use and its effect on their lives and
music people think that Wayne is one of
the bigger acid heads if you see that oh
my god it’s The Flaming Lips album cover
this melting skull and he’s riding some
phallus and you know there’s there’s
things falling out of the sky the film
also features a memorable scene of
drawers preparing to shoot heroin there
you go I just did it I got a vein was in
my hand you know comes on about 20
seconds and uh comes over your whole
body and your whole body just feels
peachy game how important is commercial
success to you
this grunge still exists today okay
number six Pearl Jam 20
filmmaker Cameron Crowe uses his
personal connection to the band’s
members to get honest insight into what
it was like to be in the premiere grunge
band during their heyday in the 90s
they’ve been scared by the open stage oh
yeah a lot of times especially when our
singer starts climbing up on the ceiling
and like 50 feet above the stage and
like all the trust you know it’s like
hmm don’t do that the dock chronicles
the band’s birth after mother loved
bones break up to the present day what
made you decide not to continue with
Mother Love Bone and to form something
totally different they found me in a bra
and that was it
and I said we’ve got a habit and
investigates radical changes the music
industry has been through by using Pearl
Jam’s battle with Ticketmaster as an
example we should hand here is whether
Ticketmaster is a monopoly not whether
what have anything to do with our
business or what our relationship is
with our managers just get it on the
record
top five our right well grain number
five the Kids Are Alright director Keith
Stein called this dock a hair-raising
rollercoaster ride as viewers are given
a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes
lives of the who it’s you’ve got to go
on man otherwise all those kids they’ll
be finished have nothing to live for
that’s rock and roll the film’s content
shows the goofy sides of the band
members as they make guest appearances
on variety shows and interact with bands
however the best footage the film offers
are the final performances of Keith Moon
during a recording session and a show at
Shepperton studios
anton with my friend and my enemy the
greatest inspiration and ultimately the
greatest regret number four
dig get ready for a massive concussion
of rock and roll with The Dandy Warhols
a doc known for its controversial
portrayal of the feuding band members in
The Dandy Warhols and the Brian
Jonestown Massacre we don’t want to be a
dysfunctional family we’re responsible
much more responsible people
dick creates a compelling story of the
antics between the band’s frontman as
they fought relentlessly with one
another over the course of eight years I
decided to be GM house the day after
they threw a party would be the perfect
location for a Dandy Warhols photo shoot
and well I didn’t bother to warn the
guys whether it’s a completely true
story or not the film was a critical
success and it earned the filmmakers the
documentary Jury Prize at Sundance this
is one of my friends bands that us
between us the couple other bands we’re
actually gonna kick off a full-scale
revolution
you can play Russian roulette for five
years and never get hurt and then one
time you pull the trigger and it’s all
over number three the decline of Western
civilization part to the metal years why
do you drink Cris ah
Zeus we had heavy lots of sex lots of
booze and some rock and roll is the only
way to describe this documentary George
we do all go that doesn’t mean you
should do it even though the film has
never been released on DVD
it has garnered a cult following among
viewers interested in seeing debauchery
at its finest you actually do live like
this as often as I can
the film features some infamous scenes
of bands like Aerosmith kiss Megadeth
and wasp overindulging Jesus Christ when
we toured with kiss they were like like
monsters no lines of a checks outside
their rooms every night
quickly what’s the matter with me I’m
gonna pull this stragglers you no no
makers received flack for the faked
footage of Ozzy Osbourne and the
exposure of hypocrisy in glam metal
culture I mean you don’t believe you
know the last quarter of the bottle so
you tend to finish it up you know
number two the Beatles Anthology
at ten hours long the Beatles Anthology
recounts the entirety of the band’s
expansive history what is the anthology
it is the Beatles story the miniseries
first aired on TV and 95 and launched a
resurgence in the band’s popularity it
does a great job of conveying just how
huge Beatle mania was and continues to
be even decades after their debuts
coinciding with the film’s release was
their single free as a bird a coffee
table book and a compilation album the
Rigby was Paul on his own we’re just
drinking tea hello
Rigby picks up the right signatures
we’re wedding is big
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions never
one to play guitar ever everyone plays
guitar what’s the point
and we would just want to let people
know that there should be a ban on every
block should be a nightclub but on every
other block in a record label on every
other block after that we had our own
stream and it wasn’t the main one but it
was not too far away from the mainland I
always like to consider us the world’s
most popular cult band my name is Joe is
resilient this is the best one yet which
was okay computer is about me being out
of control if Mick stands in front of
the light for more than 18 seconds he’s
gonna burn baby burn
he’ll burn out book it – hi Phil Burnett
you’re like flames and if I catch on
fire catch a fight we can’t do that
the cabby burgnik we cannot burn the
jagger but your a/c effect we want the
effect but we can’t burn I was born very
far from what I’m supposed to be and so
on my way Hall number one no direction
home Bob Dylan
an artistic genius and legend Bob Dylan
has managed to become equal parts man
and myth I have been told about him
skies a genius and he writes these
incredible songs and sure enough his
everything that they said he was this
doc offers perhaps the best glimpse into
early Dylan as he tries to deal with the
onslaught of Fame and his unexpected
success to do and you seem very
reluctant to talk about the fact that
you’re a popular entertainer and you’re
a most popular entertainer it’ll be to
say we jump up and say hallelujah
crashed the cameras would be something
it catches Dylan after his claim that he
would retire from touring in the early
60s but I knew it or didn’t know what I
was looking at it’s good quit for a
while the period in which he began to
experiment with an electric sound that
alienated his early fans
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite rock music doc the more
eye-opening behind-the-scenes top 10s
published daily be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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